Spatial patterns of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in mosses, herbivores and a carnivore from the Norwegian terrestrial biota

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 162-170

  Mariussen, Espen ^a,b   Steinnes, Eiliv ^c   Breivik, Knut ^a,d   Nygård, Torgeir ^e   Schlabach, Martin ^a   Kålås, John Atle ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Brominated flame retardants; Grouse; Lynx; Moose; Moss; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CANNING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; FOOD PRESERVATION; MAMMALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CONTAMINANT LEVELS; EUROPEAN; GROUSE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LIPID WEIGHT; LOWER CONCENTRATIONS; LYNX; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; MOOSE; MOSS; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ROE DEER; SPATIAL PATTERNING; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TERRESTRIAL; TERRESTRIAL BIOTA; TIME PERIODS; TOXICOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES;

ANIMALS;

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORE; LIPID; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOSS; PBDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEER; FEMALE; FOOD; HERBIVORE; LAND BIOME; LIVER; LYNX; MALE; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOSS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PLANT; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TIME; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; GALLIFORMES; LIVER; NORWAY; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPHAGNOPSIDA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOPHYTA; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; LYNX; MAMMALIA; TETRAONIDAE; TILLANDSIA;

EID: 50849131652     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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